By JASON LADAYjladay@sjnewsco.comMILLVILLE -- A man accused of child endangerment in connection with an incident that left his 3-month-old child hospitalized in critical condition
faces additional charges, police said Friday.

Kevin Riexinger, 22, of North 2nd Street, was charged with an additional count of aggravated assault and aggravated assault with a weapon for allegedly striking the infant on the head with an unspecified object, police said.

His bail has been increased by $100,000, according to Millville police Capt. Michael Santiago.

The new charges follow recent revelations that the severe head injuries suffered by the 3-month-old girl on Monday were not the result of an accident as Riexinger originally claimed, police said.

According to Millville Lt. Ed Zadroga, Riexinger allegedly assaulted the child after he returned home from the hospital where his girlfriend was being treated.

"He beat his girlfriend, and brought her to the hospital with the child," said Zadroga. "He raises a scene at the hospital and leaves to go back home with the child, who was uninjured at this point."

Police declined to say what object they believe Riexinger used on the 3-month-old girl.

The child underwent brain surgery on Wednesday and remained in critical condition at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as of Friday afternoon.

The father originally faced one aggravated assault charge for allegedly beating his 19-year-old girlfriend, the child's mother, and fracturing her eye socket.

In addition, Riexinger faces one count of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose for a chair allegedly wielded against his girlfriend.

He is currently lodged in Cumberland County Jail on what is now $175,000 bail.

Police learned of the child's injuries Monday afternoon after her mother arrived at South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center, in Vineland, with injuries from a beating.

The victim told police she was beaten by her boyfriend, according to a police report.

When police went to the couple's residence, in the 500 block of North 2nd Street, they found the child wrapped in a blanket on a couch suffering from "an obvious head injury" and breathing problems, according to the report.

Riexinger said he had accidentally dropped the baby, but had not called 911.